In
which we meet the chimney sweeps of Brixton, learn of The Great Smog of 1952,
visit the offices of engineering firm Cundall, go swarm collecting in Hatton
Garden, hear of Thomas Coram, his Foundling Hospital and Coram's Fields, and
discover the story of Adam Buddle (buried at the church of St Andrew Holborn)
and the Buddleia plant named in his memory.

4:
BEE BREAD, TEETH OF LION & EYE OF THE DAY

A secret garden in the Bank of England and a
governor bee-keeper; the lawns of the city; hives at Mark and Spencer; the
rewards of leaving grass to become meadow; and the delights of clover,
dandelions and daisies.

A tour of London through unexpected places, from
unnoticed rooftops to forgotten waterways, and the creatures – bird, beast and
insect – that inhabit them, with digressions down the Thames Estuary and
encounters with rat catchers, falconers and beekeepers.